A Turkish drone helping to search for the location where a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed has identified a heat source in the mountains of the country's East Azerbaijan province, according to Iranian state media and Turkish news agency Anadolu.
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi helicopter crash: Iranian state media declared Ebrahim Raisi dead, news agency AFP reported. He along with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollhian and other senior officials have all died in a helicopter crash that happened on Sunday.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monda..
Hours after an Iranian military commander claimed to have located the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, conflicting reports emerged as the head of Iran s Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Koulivand, said that rescue teams are still searching the area for the accident site.
Earlier, the Red Crescent’s National Emergency Management Headquarters announced that its rescue teams have moved to the 2 identified hot spots identified by a Turkish drone.